[5.0] "This felt like a very up and down show. There are some great matches here, but the bad ones really hold it back. I think most of the reason why is that it's a tournament and they were holding a lot back for night two which can't blame them, but it just meant that this was a weaker card in comparison."

[10.0] "BOLA 2013 is my favourite PWG show ever. Night two probably has the better wrestling (and the best match), though night one is just as entertaining. Nothing is bad on the card, though ACH/Nese moves kind of slow."

[7.0] "The dichotomy between the good and bad matches is rather jarring. On the bad side, both Kyle/Trent (previsibly) and Mack/Gargano (surprisingly) left me uninterested, while Younger/Ryan devolved into stupidity that the crowd loved but felt hokey and fake to me, and Cage/Ciampa was vastly uneven as they spent the core of the match at half-speed, only to then start no-selling multiples German Suplexes in a row in a puzzling match. In the middle of the pack. On the plus side, the opener was a perfect comedy match all the way, Fox/Strong delivered solid action with a generous time allocation, ACH made a magnificent debut showcasing his mind-blowing innovative offense, Swann/Elgin was an ultrafun match that used both men strenghts and popularity to their fullest and the 6-men main event was solid wrestling. The slew of poor matches and the fact that many great prospect got eliminated early puts a ceiling on this show and cast doubt on the rest of the tournament, but make no mistake about it their is some nice enjoyment to be found in there."

[8.0] "This was a good first night that had me itching to watch the second. Apart from the worrying concussion to Brian Cage which affected his match and made it a bit awkward, it was fun from start to finish. ACH burst onto the scene and had a great match with Anthony Nese, Trent? started showing how underutilised he was in WWE and we saw some hilarious spots from Drake Younger and Joey Ryan (I won't ruin them here, buy the DVD! ). The main event was exciting but not as brilliant as some of the six-man bouts PWG have had recently. PWG showed that despite the loss of many top stars over the last year they can still find fresh talent who can keep up the break-neck pace of their shows."